The Swiss people are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation regardless of ethno-cultural background or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry.
Official photo of the Federal Council (2008, 7+1 people looking straight into the lens), idealized depiction of a multi-ethnic Swiss society.
Farmers of Champery, Valais (1904 photograph)
Landsgemeinde by Wilhelm Balmer and Albert Welti (1907–1914); an idealized National Romantic depiction of Swiss population and society.
Man and woman of Entlebuch (Gabriel Lory, early 19th century)
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the Wal
The 22 cantonal coats of arms (all but Jura, with the half-cantons represented jointly) in stained glass set in the dome of the Federal Palace of Switzerland (c. 1900)
Caricature of the division of Basel, 1833